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Q.How to install PHP PEAR::Mail Class in WAMP2 ?

A:The Solution assumes that you’ve already installed the latest WAMPSERVER

Go to the PHP installation directory(this is C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6 on my machine) and run the go-pear.bat file.A command prompt window will be opened with the following message:

I’m reading the book Flash Hacks by Sham Bhangal now… although this book is more than 5 years old and written with Flash MX in mind, the techniques are invaluable even today…

One hack described in this book is the pageflip effect.  I know this has been around for a looooong time…but i’m not able to find any good tutorials on how to do this…there are a few commercial pageflip effects available and look really very good and are also highly customizable…

I’m working basing on the idea provided in the book and trying to develop a more advanced pageflip application …

You can read the original tutorial from here.

The technique behind this is really simple once reading the tutorial…so what i’m trying to do now is add some extra effects and features to the raw effect created in the book. Here is the original sample:

In this original version, the page curls at the start of the application…so i’ve made a small change so that the page curls when the mouse is at the right hand corner….here is my updated application…right click to download the fla:

In the next version i’ll try to add the reverse flipping and pages on both the sides…as you can see currently the pages are displayed only on the right hand side…

This post explains how to search a XmlListColelction for multiple fields using IViewCursor’s findAny() method .

Recently in one of my projects, I’d to use the IViewCursor to search the XMLListCollection and faced some problems initially but implemented it successfully after doing some research. I’m posting the same example (-) the actual database contents…i’ll use sample XML files for the purpose of this example.

The scenario for which i’ve implemented this thing is as follows:

Ok. Today i was trying to export the release build of a simple example i’ve done with the View Source option enabled. But the problem is the source path can only be relative to bin-release which wont work with the perma link system that i’m using with my wordpress blog which creates virtual links.

At first i thought of giving a custom path value to the viewSourceURL property of the Application tag like this:

if you haven’t already heard of  it, PXL designs has released Attest 1.5 which is a tool built in adobe AIR that provides mock tests for Flex 3. Unlike Attest 1.0 which was not free, this is a free version which provides 3 full length tests of 50 questions each and 5 mini tests of 25 questions each. It also shows section wise scores, provide livedocs links for that particular question.

One minor drawback  is that you must have internet connection as it loads tests and questions from the net everytime…this is also an advantage as you’ll get updated questions.

You can download Attest from here:

http://software.pxldesigns.com/attest/index.php?id=download

Even if you are not attempting the test, it’s fun to attempt to these tests just to check the level of your knowledge and how well are you aware of your flex basics….happy FLEXing

The example below shows how to add a tooltip on roll over event of flex ListBox items. I don’t say that this is the perfect way to do this…but i’m happy as long as it serves me…

This example explains how to communicate with PHP using the cairngorm framework: